Compression garment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12180624-B2
Application number	US-202118688687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2021
Priority date	Oct 6, 2021
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to compression garments comprising a knitted fabric, wherein the knitted fabric has three or more knitted gores in a proximal portion of the compression garment, and (i) each knitted gore extends circumferentially around 50% or more of the proximal portion; (ii) each knitted gore comprises from 1 to 10 points at which the number of courses is increased; and (iii) each knitted gore comprises from 1 to 10 points at which the number of courses is decreased.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compression garment comprising:
a knitted fabric formed as a tube-like structure defining a wale direction and a circumferential direction,
wherein the compression garment comprises a proximal portion;
wherein the knitted fabric comprises a proximal gore at the proximal portion, the proximal gore extending from a first terminal end of the proximal portion along the wale direction and having a first height along the wale direction that is a maximum height of the proximal gore;
wherein the knitted fabric has three or more knitted gores in the proximal portion arranged adjacent to the proximal gore along the wale direction; and
wherein each knitted gore extends circumferentially around 50% or more of the proximal portion;
wherein each knitted gore comprises a first portion having a first number of courses extending for a first length along the circumferential direction, the first portion having a second height along the wale direction that is a maximum height of the knitted gore; and
wherein each knitted gore comprises a second portion having a second number of courses less than the first number of courses extending for a second length along the circumferential direction; and
wherein the first height is greater than the second height.

2. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the knitted gores are separated in the wale direction by constant regions having a constant number of courses, wherein the constant regions include from 4 to 64 courses.

3. The compression garment according to claim 2 , wherein each of the constant regions has the constant number of courses around an entire circumference of the proximal portion.

4. The compression garment according to claim 2 , wherein each course of the constant regions extends circumferentially around 75% or more of the proximal portion.

5. The compression garment according to claim 2 , wherein constant regions include from 4 to 32 courses.

6. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein each of the knitted gores comprises a third portion having a third number of courses less than the second number of courses extending for a third length along the circumferential direction.

7. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion comprises 4 more courses than the second portion.

8. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the second portion has 4 more courses than the third portion.

9. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the proximal portion is adapted to cover the thigh, the lower leg, or the upper arm of a wearer.

10. The compression garment according to claim 9 ,
wherein, when the proximal portion is adapted to cover the thigh or the lower leg of the wearer, the knitted gores comprise more courses in an anterior region and/or a lateral region of the proximal portion than in a medial region and/or a posterior region of the proximal portion, and
wherein, when the proximal portion is adapted to cover the upper arm of the wearer, the knitted gores comprise more courses in a posterior region and/or a lateral region of the proximal portion than in an anterior region and/or a medial region of the proximal portion.

11. The compression garment according to claim 9 ,
wherein, when the proximal portion is adapted to cover the thigh or the lower leg of the wearer, the knitted gores have a height of 2 courses in a posterior region and/or medial region of the proximal portion; and
wherein, when the proximal portion is adapted to cover the upper arm of the wearer, the knitted gores have a height of 2 courses in an anterior region and/or medial region of the proximal portion.

12. The compression garment according to claim 9 ,
wherein, when the proximal portion is adapted to cover the thigh or the lower leg of
the wearer, the knitted gores have a height of from 3 to 15 courses in an anterior region of the proximal portion; and
wherein, when the proximal portion is adapted to cover the upper arm of the wearer, the knitted gores have a height of from 3 to 15 courses in a posterior region of the proximal portion.

13. The compression garment according to claim 9 ,
wherein, when the proximal portion is adapted to cover the thigh or the lower leg of the wearer, the proximal gore has a height of 8 or more courses in an anterior region and/or a lateral region of the proximal portion; and
wherein, when the proximal portion is adapted to cover the upper arm of the wearer, the proximal gore has a height of 8 or more courses in a posterior region and/or lateral region.

14. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the first height is at least three times the second height.

15. The compression garment according to claim 1 , comprising from 4 to 20 of the knitted gores.

16. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the knitted fabric is a flat-knitted fabric.

17. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the garment is a pair of tights or a stocking.

18. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the garment is a stocking.

19. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the garment is an arm sleeve.

20. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein the first length is greater than the second length.

21. The compression garment according to claim 1 , wherein a constant region is disposed between the proximal gore and one of the knitted gores.

22. A method comprising:
measuring the circumference of a leg of a wearer at 3 or more leg heights, including at least one leg height in the area of the thigh or in the area of the proximal part of the lower leg or measuring the circumference of an arm of a wearer at 3 or more arm heights, including at least one arm height in the area of the upper arm;
knitting the compression garment as claimed in claim 1 , on a flat knitting machine.

Assignees

• Essity Hygiene & Health Ab

Inventors

• Dittmann Stefan
• Platz Sascha

Classifications

• D10B2509/028

  Elastic support stockings or elastic bandages · CPC title

• D04B1/265

  Surgical stockings (of unspecified knit construction and reinforced A41B11/02; of unspecified knit construction and elastic A61F13/08) · CPC title

• D04B1/108 Primary

  Gussets, e.g. pouches or heel or toe portions · CPC title